Agustin Ortiz Fragola, CFA is currently Managing Partner at Parakeet Capital SA, a brokerage firm oriented to corporates and institutional investors.

Agustin has more than 15 years working at the financial industry in Buenos Aires at prestigious institutions such as Banco de Crédito y Securitizacion, Banco de Servicios y Transacciones and Quinquela Asset Management, where he became a fixed income specialist, negotiating a variety of instruments in the secondary market and issuing debt for many of the largest companies in the country.

At CFA Society Argentina, Agustin volunteered in different areas and gained a deep knowledge of the challenges societies face every day.

Nowadays he is one of the main connections the board has with industry professionals. Before becoming President, he served as Vice President, Treasurer, PR Chair and Events Chair.

Cristian Brau, CFA is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Santander Asser Management (SAM). He has more than 12 years of experience in capital markets analyzing and managing portfolios of both equity and fixed income.

Before joining SAM, he was the Head Portfolio Manager at SBS Asset Management and Senior Analyst of Transfer Pricing at Deloitte.

At CFA Society Argentina, Cristian joined in 2015 helping with the Jobline. Now he is Vice-president and Board Member.

Cristian obtained the CFA designation in 2012 after finishing a master's degree in the UCEMA in 2009 and becoming an economist from the University of Buenos Aires in 2008.

Mariano Fiorito, CFA is Country Head for Argentina & Uruguay at Schroders, a world-class asset manager. Before his current position, Mr. Fiorito was the Team Head Portfolio Manager for the Argentina investment desk at Schroders.

Mr. Fiorito oversees Schroders Argentina & Uruguay office at a managerial, administrative, commercial and strategical level.

Mr. Fiorito joined Schroders in 2009 as a Fund Manager and, after ten years of a successful career, became Team Head Portfolio Manager of Schroders, leading the investment strategy of more than 20 different Fixed Income and Equities mutual funds. In August 2022, he was appointed Country Head of Argentina & Uruguay.

Before joining Schroders, Mr. Fiorito served as a Credit Analyst at Banco Patagonia, where he joined a Young Professionals program. Subsequently, he was appointed as Portfolio Manager. 

Mr. Fiorito hold a degree in Finance from the Argentine University of Enterprise (Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, UADE). Mr. Fiorito earned the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) in 2019. Additionally, Mariano serves as a volunteer at CFA Society Argentina.

Sebastián Salvay, CFA is a Fixed Income Sales-Trader covering Institutional Clients globally at Puente. Sebastián has more than 16 years of experience in Emerging Markets with a High Yield focus.

Prior to joining Puente, Sebastian held Sales-Trader and Desk Analyst roles at TPCG Group covering Latin America. Previously, he was Director of Fixed Income Research & Investment Strategy at Bank of Singapore responsible for Latam and Philippine credits. He also worked as a Senior Analyst at Debtwire covering Latam High Yield and Distressed bonds.

Sebastián holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from UADE, a Master's Degree in Finance from San Andres University, and is a CFA Charterholder. Sebastián is actively involved in the CFA Society Argentina, where he currently serves as Secretary of the Board and Chair of Legal Affairs

Sergio González, CFA serves as Head of Asset Management at Cohen, a brokerage firm with presence in Argentina and Uruguay. Sergio is a professional with more than 10 years of experience in the financial industry. At his different jobs, he carried out tasks such as equity research, fixed income and corporate finance, portfolio management, and programming of technological tools. His work experience includes having worked at Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Argentine Chamber of Mutual Funds and Criteria.

He has been a volunteer at CFA Society Argentina since 2015 where he served in different areas such as Digital Communications, Research Challenge and University Relationship. Throughout his years of volunteering, he was pleased to participate in different leadership conferences organized by the CFA Institute. In 2019 he was chosen by his peers as volunteer of the year.

Sergio is a Public Accountant. He graduated from the San Andrés University, and obtained the CFA designation in 2015.

Santiago Padua, CFA works as Finance Director at Pomelo, a company that provides technology and infrastructure to launch and scale fintech companies in Latin America.

Santiago is a professional with more than 15 years of experience in the financial industry. He worked in different positions within the private equity, real estate, M&A, equity research and corporate finance branches. His work experience includes having worked as Corporate Finance Sr. Manager at Mercado Libre, the largest e-commerce in Latin America, COO at Draper Cygnus, a venture capital fund, Associate at Grupo Pegasus, one of the largest investment groups in Argentina, as well as Senior Consultant at EY and Senior Research Analyst at Crisil Global & Research Analytics.

Santiago has been a volunteer at CFA Society Argentina since 2011 where he served in different areas such as jobline, research challenge and prep courses. Throughout his years of volunteering, he was pleased to participate in different leadership conferences organized by the CFA Institute. Additionally, he has acted as a judge for the Americas regional final of the CFA Institute Research Challenge.

Santiago has a degree in Economics, graduated from the National University of Cuyo, and obtained the CFA designation in 2012.

Felipe Lanari Zubiaur, CFA is a consultant for HNW families in Argentina. He has been working in the wealth management industry for more than 15 years. In his early career, he worked for UBS in Buenos Aires.

Felipe received a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. He obtained the CFA designation in 2012 and is actively volunteering at CFA Society Argentina since 2017. Currently he serves as member of the board.